Alcohol: Minimum Unit Price
Debate between Lord Beith and Jeremy Browne(11 years, 8 months ago)
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Mr Browne
As is being said around me, the right hon. Gentleman seems to have made a good case for why he should have taken action when he was Home Secretary. He chose not to do that, but he has explained one side of the argument on minimum unit pricing, and a number of representations replicated the point he has just made.
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed) (LD)
Will my hon. Friend bear it in mind that we could have minimum pricing in Scotland but not in England? Will he condemn the irresponsible policy of the Labour party on Northumberland county council, which is that if that happens Northumberland should be promoted as a cheap booze destination for Scots?